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Table 3 Differences of NDO-LID antibodies according to low- low socioeconomic status and geographic area

From: Social and environmental conditions related to Mycobacterium leprae infection in children and adolescents from three leprosy endemic regions of Colombia

Low-low socioeconomic status according to the geographic area

Sample size

N (%)

Anti-NDO-LID protein A

Anti-NDO-LID IgM

Anti- NDO-LID IgG

(+)

N (%)

OR (95% CI)

P-value

(+)

N (%)

OR (95% CI)

P-value

(+)

N (%)

OR (95% CI)

P-value

Low-low- UAChR

17 (41)

12 (71)

3.6 (1.6–7.9)

UAChR vs CR

0.001

15 (88)

8.9 (2.4–33.2)

UAChR vs CR

< 0.0001

3 (18)

2.5 (1.6–3.7)

UAChR vs CR

0.474

Low-low - CR

18 (43)

2 (11)

1 (6)

2 (11)

Low-low- AR

7 (17)

1 (14)

2 (1.04–3.9)

UAChR vs AR

2 (29)

3.1 (1–11)

UAChR vs AR

0

1.5 (1.2–2)

UAChR vs AR

  1. UAChR Uraba-Antioquia-Choco shared region, CR Caribbean region, AR Andean region, OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval, (+) positive for the presence of anti-NDO-LID antibodies